Speaking from Experience After Crit

I printed my book in digital printing without doing a test print, which was stupid but it actually created a lot more positives rather than negatives.

Original Print

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Problems - 

Text- 

Text is too big, the body copy underneath each subheading is too big and looks too big on the page. There isn't enough difference in the subheading and body copy which I want to create.

Fix - Drop text to 10pt

Stock- 

I used the stock in the print rooms which I thought would be good because of the thickness, to create the book feel. However the colour is far too bright and the book can get dirty quickly.

Fix - Use my own paper,Antique White will work well for mine because of the soft colour and porous texture. I think the colours will soften more with it.

Spelling mistakes etc -

I noticed a couple of spelling mistakes and words used in the wrong way for the meanings.

Fix - Change the mistakes and ask someone who uses the words to put them in a correct sentence for me.

Not enough with just a book -

I felt like this wasn't finished. I wanted to create more to go with a book. I was talking with Helen about what else I could include, we thought of different things like an exercise for the first years to get involved in, 'guess the phrase' 'pin the phrases on the map', or adding a poster with each part of the country.

Poppy came up with an idea of having phrases on postcards and them having to translate them. I really liked this idea and think it would be a good way to get the first years talking, to each other and me.

Fix - Make postcards and 'pin the phrases on the British Isles' game